On anything one will do in this life make sure that no matter how acrimonious scuffle going on between you and the other side, pay your own due by telling and going with truth about him willy-nilly the height of your ox will gored.
I have no damn gainsaying that all the needed evidences have suitably proved beyond the shadow of doubt that President Tinubu had verifiably graduated from Chicago State University (CSU).
Recalled that Tinubu-certificate saga came into limelight aftermath of the recent general election to some extent after the tribunal verdicts. His strongest main challenger H.E Atiku Abubakar have immediately rushed to Chicago State University to verify the authenticity of the diploma certificates (in Nigeria tongue, Degree) Tinubu presented to INEC. At first instance, CSU decided not to avail Atiku without Tinubu’s duo approval.
Atiku Abubakar rushed to western district court in Illinois capital city of Chicago to challenge the CSU, to cut it short, last week Justice Nancy Maldonado rules out in favour of Atiku, orders Chicago State University to release Bola Tinubu’s academic records, and gives penultimate monday 2nd October 2023 as deadline. Judge Maldonado also noted that any request for stay off in this judgement from Tinubu will be denied.
Ever since CSU released the academic credentials of President Tinubu, just as expected there were a lot of brouhahas, unforgivable complications and garbages that substantiates the elements of forgery even though he graduated from the college.
The CSU registrar Caleb Westberg have sworn under the oath of affidavit by testifying that Tinubu have graduated from the University in 1979. The checklist in the graduation and Alumni of the university have said much about that doubt, he graduated with good flying result in Business Admin under the specialization in Accounting.
But to most of the average Nigerians surprised is why does President Tinubu having graduated with distinction is hiding something behind about his certificate? Every required cross-examination emphasized that Bola Tinubu did indeed attend CSU, pass with flying colours but present a forged CSU certificate to INEC.
But the first confusion being that, the CSU registrar have sworn that Tinubu graduated from the University after he attended Southwest College before he proceeded to CSU but the date he claimed of have attended Southwest college was somehow different from that he claimed to graduate. The GCE junior exams Tinubu also claimed that he attended Gov’t college Lagos in 1970 where the school establishment record reveils that the college was established in 1974. The dates no longer add up after he took off the University of Chicago from his claims!
Another complication been that, in the documents he submitted for his admission consideration in CSU which he claimed that he attended Southwest College was indicating “F” in the sex box, meaning the sex gender of the applicant is “Female”.
President Tinubu once said that he lost all his academic records including some of his asset during his exile from 1994 – 1998 when they are in rigorous battle with Late Sani Abacha after annulment of June 12 and Abacha’s adamant of not handing over power as he promised earlier. When Tinubu was on run, some military men sent by Abacha to handcuffs him carted away most of his valuable belongings including the certificates in question.
Yes, I can agree with the fact since the record from CSU indicated that he definitely graduated as stated. But what i don’t want to say but believe is President Tinubu having lost the certificates, instead of going back to the college and paid to have the copy of his certificate, otherwise might decided to forged the certificate with so many unforgivable errors in date, signature, stamp and so on.
Another elements that raising the forgery minded allegations was on the copy certificate of birth Tinubu issued to INEC claimed that he was born on 29th May 1952 while on his record from Chicago State University obviously depicted that he was born on 29th March 1954, yet from the record from Southwest College appeared empty with no date of birth thereon!
As we are awaiting for the next judicial term of the complications, just like what Prof. Farooq Kperoogi said in his yesterday’s column that it is indeed legal to replicate or clone original certificates in the US since the certificates are no longer the ladder requirement before considering for job or higher academic learning in USA, what they only need to prove otherwise is academic transcript from your college.
Unfortunately, it is clearly illegal in Nigeria. Section 468 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria says, “Any person who knowingly and fraudulently utters a false document or writing, or a counterfeit seal, is guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the thing in question”.
What all this commotions and brouhahas are telling from the initial is for one to be good, is good to be good. Make sure in any evil action you are about to undertake, analyse the possible remedy that might arise, here we are talking about the case in question that had happened over 44 years ago.
Forgery is very illegal practice in this land, oneday it remedy might possibly backfire.
It’s a boomerang! What goes around if comes around will certainly compose a rebuttal.
Usman Yanmaza writes…
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